A German went to a market in the Netherlands yesterday, and apparently found a pony he rather liked. I guess what with Christmas being close enough for people to start thinking about gifts, the man got sick of his daughter begging him for a pony ( Read more... )

It's a good thing Douglas Adams is dead (sad a his early death was, 'cause the man was pure genius) for otherwise, I would have had to marry him, which:

• Would likely have pissed off his wife and daughter
• Would have involved putting bf in the extramarital affair category, which in turn would've pissed bf off, since he insists on things like ( Read more... )

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So I got my license WEdnesday, and went to pick up the car at my parents' today (parents are on vacation, so I could take it with me, no problem). So I went for my first ride alone, feeling all cool. Turned up the radio, hit the gas when I got on the highway... For about 4 or 5 km. The rest of the way was traffic jam. No. Fair ( Read more... )

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This is NOT worksafe.

So the top layer of skin is coming off the burn on my arm. As in: bits get rinsed off when I take a shower ( Read more... )

Just got a mail about a boy I tested and sent in a report about to my boss. I ended up sending it without double-checking thoroughly, because this boy is damned complicated, and after writing a 5 page report about him, my mind was too numb to do much of anything sensible with the report anymore. I've a bunch of observations, some conclusions, a lot ( Read more... )

My hand is free! The bandage now only reaches from my wrist to about 3 inches from my elbow. There's a little blistering on my arm, it seems, but all in all - it looks pretty good. I should be able to just put some gauze over the wound as of Thursday, rather than a full bandage around my arm.

Mom and I looked through the new WISC (probably the most used intelligence test in most Western countries) yesterday, since mom had to use it today. I'm not too thrilled about it. There are several things that I consider real errors ( Read more... )

So yesterday was my birthday. It started off wonderful - as per my request, we had breakfast with the family, and I got my gifts from my youngest brother and parents. After that, I had a shower and we started preparing stuff. I'd made quark pie the evening before already and after running errands, I started the cherry pie I'd wanted to make ( Read more... )